Bipartisan campaign encourages Coloradans to “Wake up!” and vote

Let us pause now for this bipartisan message from Denver and Jefferson counties’ election officials and the Democratic and Republican state party chairmen. In short: Ballots for the June 24 primary are going out now, and they urge Colorado’s 1.9 million active affiliated voters to return them so that their votes count.

Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson and Jefferson Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson teamed up for the video, along with Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio and GOP Chairman Ryan Call. One thing’s for certain: They’re not professional actors. But they offer up some key facts about voting along with a little bit of camp. Unaffiliated voters can declare an affiliation and pull a primary ballot until Election Day, and prospective voters can register up until then, too.

Wake up — if you are still in either of the two political parties that turned “the land of the free” into the world’s leading jailer and have increased Colorado’s prison population to an all-time high, get out now! No patriot can vote for any candidate of the Collaborationist (Democratic) Party or the Fascist (Republican) Party.

Migrant3

You sound like an uninformed, low information 60’s Hippie. U need to be told “America, Love it or Leave it”.

RobertChase

You and your Party have destroyed American Liberty and spit on the Bill of Rights. Reap the whirlwind!

Not so — apathy and surrender cannot defeat fascism, but political involvement might yet. These primaries are being held for the benefit of the two criminal political organizations with a stranglehold over our politics, so no one should be voting in them.

Migrant3

Citizens must vote! How else do they make themselves heard?

RobertChase

No fascist should ever be elected again — boycott both of the fascist parties’ primaries and elect candidates not affiliated with either in November.

Democrats are contesting only 5 of the 101 federal and state positions up for election this year in Colorado. Republicans are making somewhat better use of their party primary but only 17 of 101 Republican races are contested.

If the D and R parties can’t or won’t find more than one candidate for office there is no choice on the ballot and no reason to vote in the primary. The Democratic and Republican party primaries will cost the state about $3M this year. Colorado election law guarantees the major parties a primary election even if they have only one candidate for each office. (makes sense considering that only D’s and R’s wrote the law)

I think Colorado is the only state that uses party caucuses AND party primaries. That may explain why the parties make such sparse use of the primary election system.

Election reform, anyone?

Harry Hempy
Candidate for Governor for the People of Colorado

kdhardy

Primaries in politics, is like the NFL draft in football. Pick who you feel can better your country, state, or city. Unfortunately we have to many low informed voters, who vote ONLY for the freebies certain politicians promise them election, after election, after election, because these voters complain about the same unfairness, election after, election, after election. While very little chances in the lives election, after election, after election. The next election the pattern repeat itself.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.